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śramaṇa (Sanskrit: श्रमण,
Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɕrɐmɐɳɐ]; Pali: 𑀲𑀫𑀡, romanized: samaṇa; Chinese: 沙門; pinyin: shāmén; Vietnamese: sa môn; Khmer:...
- to Dio C****ius) was a
gymnosophist (naked philosopher), a monk of the
Sramana tradition (possibly, but not
necessarily a Buddhist) who,
according to...
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during the
fifth and
sixth centuries BCE in
ancient India's
ascetic and
Śramaṇa movements,
including Jainism and Buddhism. The Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali...
- was the wife of
Prince Siddhartha (until he left his home to
become a
śramaṇa), the
mother of Rāhula, and the
niece of Mahapra****ati Gautami. She later...
- of the
global po****tion. It
arose in the
eastern Gangetic plain as a
śramaṇa movement in the 5th
century BCE, and
gradually spread throughout much of...
- used at
inscriptions throughout South and
Southeast Asia, is Maha
sramana, "great
sramana" (ascetic, renunciate). On the
basis of
philological evidence,...
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influenced both the āstika and nāstika
traditions of
Indian philosophy. The
Śramaṇa movement gave rise to
diverse range of
heterodox beliefs,
ranging from...
- (worship). The
texts of the
Upanishads discuss ideas akin to the
heterodox sramana traditions. The
Samhitas and
Brahmanas describe daily rituals and are generally...
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especially the Dharmashastras, come from the
Sramana (or renunciate) traditions,
including Buddhism and Jainism.
Sramana scholars viewed Brahminical philosophy...
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terminology and
ethical principles, but
emphasize them differently. Both are
śramaṇa ascetic traditions that
believe it is
possible to
attain liberation from...
